Between today and March 8, SpaceX will aim to prove the safety and reliability of the Crew Dragon before astronauts can take the helm in June this year. The Crew Dragon spacecraft unmanned test flight launched early Saturday morning. "Right now, the date is July and that's what we're planning for, but if we change that date we'll make sure people know when it's the right time". [Full Article...]

In January, Wilson-Raybould was moved to the veterans-affairs portfolio as part of a shuffle precipitated by former Treasury Board president Scott Brison's decision to leave politics. "I believe Canadians need to", said Housefather. "I don't understand how the Liberals think this is going to work", he said. She has hired former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell to advise her on what she can an... [Full Article...]

Mars 2020 project system engineer Jennifer Trosper, left, points to a replica of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on 13/2/19. The team had dwindled to 30 by the time Opportunity went silent, he said . Opportunity was, by far, the longest-lasting lander on Mars. "You could have lost a lot of money over the years betting against Opportunity", Squyres told the AP Tuesday. [Full Article...]

Bridenstine said: "Billions of people around the world will watch history being made as astronauts explore more of the surface for longer periods of time than ever before, and help us prepare for missions to Mars and other destinations". This process, known as in-situ resource utilization or ISRU, will make the third element also refuelable and reusable. Bridenstine went on to say NASA is eage... [Full Article...]

Officials also said the situation was unprecedented. The Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean has seen more than fifty polar bears come into settlements searching for food since December past year. The sea ice shifts often and is affected by a range of factors. A team of specialists is being flown into Novaya Zemlya , an archipelago with a population of less than 3,000 people... [Full Article...]

Normally, the yearly NASA and NOAA announcements come out around the same time as the others', but this year's reports were delayed due to the partial US government shutdown. This line plot shows yearly temperature anomalies from 1880 to 2018, with respect to the 1951-1980 mean, as recorded by NASA, NOAA, the Japan Meteorological Agency, the Berkeley Earth research group, and the Met Office Ha... [Full Article...]

Asked directly about the case, Trudeau said: "The allegations in the Globe story this morning are false". The Globe and Mail reported on Wednesday that Mr. David Young the former Attorney General of Ontario during the Progressive Conservative Harris government has now openly called for an investigation into the SNC-Lavalin scandal which has plagued the Trudeau government for the past few days. [Full Article...]

While the two Mars Cube One satellites have launched towards Mars as a test project for advanced communication systems in deep space, the fact that they went "dark" is puzzling the U.S. If the brightness sensors that keep them pointing at the Sun have malfunctioned, the batteries may be unable to recharge. Nasa has several theories about why it has lost contact with the pair - none of which ... [Full Article...]

The most visible House Democrat on climate change won't get a seat on Nancy Pelosi's select committee addressing the issue. She and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) will introduce a Green New Deal resolution sometime today, a non-binding bill that provides a "framework" for a public-works undertaking that would dwarf the New Deal and World War II. [Full Article...]

A stunning image taken by China's Longjiang-2 satellite on 3 February shows a rare perspective - a giant backside of the Moon with a tiny planet Earth nearby. Queqiao is now located in a stable position near the Moon. Because the orbiter was 205 miles (330 km) to the east of the landing site, Chang'e 4 lander is only about two pixels across, and Yutu-2 is not detectable. [Full Article...]

The past five years have been the warmest in the modern record, the report said, and 2018's global temperatures were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0.83 degrees Celsius, above the mean temperatures for 1951-1980. "That is not saying the Paris Agreement is done for. but it's a worrying sign", he said. The United Nations defines the 1.5 degrees Celsius Paris temperature target as a 30-year average, not ... [Full Article...]

For most civilian purposes in Western Europe and North America, British Geological Survey geophysicist Ciaran Beggan says the changes would be relatively minor. Smartphone users also rely on WMM data for accurate compass apps, maps, and Global Positioning System. The WMM is also part of map applications in smartphones, including the Google Maps App. [Full Article...]

The General Electric logo is pictured on the General Electric offshore wind turbine plant in Montoir-de-Bretagne, near Saint-Nazaire, western France, November 21, 2016. For the record, GE, in October past year, revealed that it is planning to separate natural gas power from nuclear, coal and grid, and announced new leaders for the units. [Full Article...]